How to disable Windows Update from automatically updating drivers in win11?

When you connect a new piece of hardware, does Windows automatically install the driver? Have you ever experienced Windows automatically installing drivers after connecting new hardware? The answer to this question is yes. PHP editor Strawberry will give you an in-depth understanding of the driver installation mechanism of Windows and how it provides you with a seamless experience when connecting hardware devices on the system. Read on for more details.

Although this function seems convenient, under certain circumstances, the feature of automatically updating drivers can cause trouble for users. For example, users' video workflows such as DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, etc. need to use a specific old version of Nvidia Studio driver. As a result, the Windows system continuously updates the driver automatically in the background. Thinking about it makes me vomit blood.

Do you still remember that when Windows 10 was first released, Microsoft updated the Nvidia driver and caused many users to have blurry and black screens? At this time, we need to disable Windows Update from automatically updating the driver to achieve the purpose of downgrading the driver.

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Method 1: Disable automatic driver updates in Windows 11

Manually installing and updating drivers in Windows helps avoid errors caused by drivers, To disable automatic driver updates in Windows 11, you can use the following steps:

1. Use the Windows + R shortcut key to open "Run" - execute the systempropertiesadvanced command to open "System Properties" - click the "Hardware" tab.

Device Installation Settings

2. Now, click on the "Device Installation Settings" button under the "Device Installation Settings" section.

3. Select "No (your device may not work properly)" in the "Do you want to automatically download manufacturer apps and custom icons suitable for your device" option in the pop-up window to turn off automatic driver updates.

Disable automatic Windows driver updates

4 Click the "Save Changes" button to let the configuration take effect.

Method 2: Disable automatic driver updates through "Group Policy"

Windows Professional, Education, or Enterprise edition users can also disable Windows Update from automatically updating drivers by configuring local group policies. If you are an IT administrator and need to disable automatic driver updates for all clients in the domain, you can also push group policies to achieve this.

1. Use the Windows + R shortcut key to open "Run" - execute gpedit.msc to open the "Local Group Policy Editor"

2. Navigate to:

计算机配置——管理模板——Windows 组件———Windows 更新——管理从 Windows 更新提供的更新

3. Find and double-click "Windows Update Not Included" Driver" entry - change it to "Started" status.

Group Policy prohibits Windows from automatically updating drivers

4. (Optional) After the Group Policy is changed, you can use the gpupdate /force command to forcefully refresh the Group Policy to make it effective immediately.

Method 3: Change the "Registry" to disable Windows Update from automatically updating the driver

Users who have a deeper understanding of the system should know that the reorganization strategy actually means changing the registry (this is not our topic today), we will introduce it directly now Disable Windows automatic driver updates by changing the registry:

1. Use the Windows + R shortcut key to open "Run" - execute regedit to open the "Registry Editor"

2. Navigate to:

计算机\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

3. As shown above , we can see that there is a key value on the right called ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate, double-click it and set its value to 1, this will stop Windows 11 automatic driver updates. To enable automatic driver updates again, follow the same procedure and set its value to 0.

The registry prohibits automatic Windows driver updates

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